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About
About
Created by the U.S. Congress in 1970, the National Credit Union Administration is an independent federal agency that insures deposits at federally insured credit unions, protects the members who own credit unions, and charters and regulates federal credit unions.
Regulation & Supervision
Regulation & Supervision
The NCUA protects the safety and soundness of the credit union system by identifying, monitoring and reducing risks to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. Backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, the Share Insurance Fund provides up to $250,000 of federal share insurance to millions of account holders in all federal credit unions and the overwhelming majority of state-chartered credit unions.
Analysis
Analysis
The NCUA’s economists and analysts compile data on the credit union system’s financial performance, merger activity, changes in credit union chartering and fields of membership, as well as broader economic trends affecting credit unions. Users can find information on a single credit union or analyze broader nation-wide trends.
Support Services
Support Services
The NCUA provides a number of support services to the credit union system, such as providing training, grants and loans, chartering, and field-of-membership services; maintaining the health and stability of Share Insurance Fund; managing the assets of failed credit unions; and providing emergency liquidity.
Consumers
Consumers
The NCUA works to protect credit union members and consumers, raise awareness of potential frauds, facilitate access to affordable financial services, and educate consumers on the importance of savings and how they can improve their financial well-being.
News
News
Stay up to date on the NCUA's activities by subscribing to the NCUA's Express messages. Read press releases, speeches, testimony, and Annual Reports. Register for upcoming conferences and events.
Cybersecurity Resources
Cybersecurity Resources
Cyberattacks and cybersecurity vulnerabilities pose significant risks to the financial system. Because of vulnerabilities within the credit union industry and the broader financial system to potential cyberattacks, cybersecurity is one of the NCUA’s top supervisory priorities and a top-tier risk under the agency’s enterprise risk-management program.

Privacy Impact Assessments

A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is an analysis of how personally identifiable information (PII) is collected, used, shared, and maintained by a specific system, program, or tool. The E-Government Act of 2002 requires federal agencies to conduct a PIA prior to developing, procuring, or using information technology to create, collect, use, process, store, maintain, disseminate, disclose, or dispose of PII.

The purpose of a PIA is to demonstrate that program managers and system owners have consciously incorporated privacy protections throughout the development life cycle of a system or program.

By conducting PIAs, the NCUA ensures that:

Information collected is used only for the intended purpose;
Information collected is timely and accurate;
Information is protected according to applicable laws and regulations while in the NCUA's possession;
The impact of a system or program on individual privacy is fully addressed; and
The public is aware of the information the NCUA collects and how the agency uses the information.

Below are NCUA's key PIAs. If you have any questions, please contact the Senior Agency Official for Privacy.

CAPRIS
CUO
CUSO
ECDR
ePACS
EPSME
ESS
GSS
NCUA Connect
NPW
PASS

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Last modified on

04/24/24